Knife.



F. WHITE.

KNIFE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. so, 1909.

1,010,554. Patented Dec.5, 1911.

TORNEYS the depth towhich the paring edge pene- UNITED. STATES PATENTOFFICE.

rnanx WHITE, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

KNIFE.

ark, in the county of Essex and State of 5 New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Knives; andI do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such aswiu enable others skilled in the art to which it'appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, whichform a part ofv this specification.

This invention relates to an improved paring and slicing knife which isformed with a cutting edge on its outside edge and has a slot near .theback thereof, one edge of the slot being bent up and formed into a.paring edge. The paring edge is placed near the back of the blade sothat the angle vbetween the slicing edge and the paring edge is muchmore gradual than if the paring edge was placed near the slicing edge,and in this way there is no abrupt angle to the blade and the slicing isnot interfered with by the projecting paring edge.

Another object of the invention is to provide the end of the blade withan extension which is dropped below the blade and is preferably U orV-shaped andv .is adapted for removing spots or defects in fruit orvegetables without interfering or being interfered with by the slicingedge.

companying drawing, in which .Fi re 1 is a face view of my improvedknife. Fig. 2 is an edge view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa section on line 3,3, in Fig. -2. Fig. 4 is asection on line 4, 4, in Fig. 5, and Fig. 5 isa face view of a knife of a modified form of constf'uction.

The invention comprises a blade 10 which is secured to a handle 11, theblade having one of its edges 12 sharpened to form a cutting edge and tobe used particularly as a slicing edge whereby the knife can be used toslice vegetables and, fruits. This slicing edge12 is on'the front edgeof the blade,.

and near the back edge is placed a straight slot 13, one sideof. whichis turned up and provided with a cutting edge 14 whereby a paring edge15 is formed,'the edge 14 taking off the paring from the vegetable orfruit, and the blade itself acting to limit The invention is illustratedin the ac trates. The slot 13 is placed toward the back edge of theblade so that when the paring edge 15 is forced out of the plane of theblade the angle between the slicingedgc 12 and the paring edge 15 is notabrupt and the paring edge does not interfere with the slicing by theknife, the angle being such that the knife can pass freely through thematerial being sliced. I prefer to form the elliptical holes orperforations 16 on each edge 'of the slot, these elliptical holes beingplaced at an aeuteangle to the edges of the blade, and the slot 13connects these'ellipti- -cal perforations near the back end of theperforations so that the corner 17 of the paring edgeis not as pointedand sharp as would be the case if the perforation 16 were Patented Dec.5, 1911.

' Application filed December 30, v1909. Serial No. 535,668.

round and connected by a slot, because the juncture of the edge of theperforation and the edge of the slot forms an obtuseangle, that is,greater than a right angle, and there is not so apt to be a cutting ofthe fingers by the corner 17 On the end of the blade I provide a U orV-shapedextension 18 provided with a cutting edge 19, this extensionbeing used to remove spots and defects in fruits or vegetables,potato-eyes, and similar parts that are not desirable. The .extension ispreferably made integral with the blade and pro-- jects with its cuttingedge in rear of the slicingedge of the blade where the extension leavesthe blade, but projecting forward to a point approximately in line withthe slicing edge, which enables the operator to-extract the defects,spots, etc., by means of the extension without the balance of the bladecoming in contact w1th and thus cutting or destroying the objectoperated upon. The extension dropping below the blade permits its beingused without the handle or blade coming close enough to the articlebeing cut, when the extension is being used, to damage the same. If theslot 13 were placed in the center of the blade or hear the slicing edge,when the paring edge 15 was bent out of the line of the blade, it

would make such an abrupt angle as would seriously interfere with. theslicingedge and probably mutilate the slices on account of the blade,passing through the vegetable or fruit, being made so wide or thick ohaccount ofthis abrupt'angle. Applicant has overcome thisbyplacing theslot and theparing edge near the back edge of the bladef 'I may, ifdesired, maketh'e device as shown.

' round pieces from vegetables or fruits. The

blade 20 is slotted as at 22 and is provided with a paring edge 23. Theslot 22 connects the obliquely arranged elliptical perforations 24. Theend of the blade 20 is pro vided with an extension 18 similar to theextension shown in Figs. 1 and 2, andfor the same purpose.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is 1. A knife comprisinga blade having its front edge sharpened and having a narrowsubstantially U-shaped extension projecting from the end of and beneaththe blade with its front 'edge in rear of the cutting edge of the blade,the extension being bent so that its lower portion projects in thedirection of the cutting edge of the blade, said front edge of theextension being sharpened.

2. A knife comprising a blade having one edge sharpened and providednear its back edge with separated elliptical. perforations arranged atan acute angle to the longitudi nal axis of the blade, a straight slotconnecting the perforations, the inner edge of the slot being bent outof the, plane of the blade and sharpened to form a paring edge, and asubstantially U-shaped extension extending below and from the end of theblade, the extension having a cutting edge and being narrower than theblade,

33A knife comprising a blade having its front edge sharpened and havinga U- shaped extension projecting beyond the end of the blade, theextension being narrower than the blade and having its front edge inrear of the cutting edge of the blade, the

bottom of the U-shaped extension being in advance of the juncture of theextension with the blade whereby the extension is inclined to the" frontat its bottom or lower portion, the front edge of the extension beingsharpened to form a cutting edge.

In testimony, that I claim the foregolng, I have hereunto set my handthis 2.9thday of December, 1909.

, FRANK WIIITE. Witnesses WM. H. GAMFIELD, E. A. PELL.

